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Abbado
in Berlin [videorecording] : the first year / a
film by Bob Eisenhardt, Susan Froemke, Peter Gelb
; a Peter Gelb, Susan Froemke production ; co-producer,
Karen Abaray ; a Cami Video production in association
with Channel 4 ... [et al.]. [Hamburg] . [1992],
c1991. 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.
Side 1 is a documentary on Claudio Abbado's first
year as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic,
as successor to 35-year chief Herbert von Karajan.
Filmed as events occurred and includes conversations,
interviews, rehearsals, work with young pianist
Siiri Schütz, and glimpses of the fall of the
Berlin Wall which was happening at this time (60
min.). On side 2 Abbado conducts the orchestra in
a complete performance of Mahler's First Symphony,
recorded live in concert (55 min.). LaserDisc, extended
play CLV, NTSC, digital stereo. Abbado, Claudio.
Eisenhardt, Bob. Gelb, Peter. Froemke, Susan. Schütz,
Siiri. Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies, no.
1, D major. Berliner Philharmoniker. Cami Video
Inc. VDD 47
Affaire
Blum [videorecording] = The Blum affair / Deutsche
Film AG. (DEFA). Blum affair. [United States]
: [Progress Film Co.?], [199-?]. 1 videocassette
(110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Dramatic film
that looks at institutional antisemitism in pre-Hitlerite
Germany. Based on actual events which occurred in
the 1920s. An accountant responds to an advertisement
and is murdered for his money. Mr. Blum, a Jewish
businessman, is blamed for the murder by antisemitic
police because the accountant was about to give
evidence about a tax fraud involving Blum's company.
The investigation and trial lead to a scandalous
political affair. VHS 4510
Aguirre,
der Zorn Gottes [videorecording] = Aguirre, the
wrath of God / produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion.
Aguirre, the wrath of God. Los Angeles, Calif.
: Continental Video, [1985]. 1 videocassette (94
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A band of Spanish conquistadors,
led by Aguirre, self-styled "Wrath of God," go up
the Amazon in search of gold, but Aguirre's megalomania
turns the expedition into a death trip. DVD 1807, HOME USE COLLECTION VHS 207
Architektur
des Untergangs [videorecording] = The architecture
of doom / POJ Film produktion AB ; Svenska filminstitutet
; SVT Drama ; Sandrews. Architecture of doom. New
York . c1989. 1 videocassette (119 min.) : sd.,
b&w with col. sequences ; 1/2 in. Looks at the
rise of the Nazi Party in Germany from the perspective
of Hitler's use of the arts in Nazi policy and propaganda..
VHS 1837
Auch
Zwerge haben klein angefangen [videorecording] =
Even dwarfs started small / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
; Buch, Regie, Werner Herzog. Even dwarfs started
small. Troy, MI . 1999. 1 videocassette (96
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A group of dwarves living
in a sort of prison in a remote country are fed
up with their condition and begin rebelling against
their keepers. Their acts of rebellion grow to alarming
proportions. VHS. Herzog, Werner, 1942- Werner Herzog
Filmproduktion. Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. No
call number available
The
Baltic tragedy [videorecording] / produced and edited
by Petras Bernotas. [Chicago] . 1985. 1 videocassette
(148 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Hitler's war
on the Baltic states is presented in eleven original
German wartime newsreels. Four additional international
documentaries present the plight of the Baltic peoples
from 1940-1949. VHS 462
Berlin
Alexanderplatz [videorecording] / Bavaria Film ;
Radiotelevisione Italiana ; Westdeutscher Rundfunk
; Tele-Culture [distributor]. New York, N.Y.
1984, c1983. 8 videocassettes (928 min.) : sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. Set in 1920s Germany, the film is
the story of Franz Biberkopf, a former transportation
worker who was sent to prison for four years for
an irrational act of violence. When he is released,
he returns to his Berlin neighborhood of Alexanderplatz
resolved to go straight. At first, he is able to
honor his vow of decency, but then forces outside
him - his environment, the influences of his cronies,
the grinding poverty, and the decay of society -
overwhelm him. VHS 256
Berlin
[videorecording] : die Symphonie der Grossstadt
/ Deutsche Vereins-Film ; Les productions Fox Europa.
Berlin, die Symphonie der Grossstadt Symphonie der
Grossstadt Berlin, symphony of a great city.
New York, NY : Kino on Video, c1993. Treasures from
the Weimar Republic, 1919-1933. 1 videocassette
(72 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. A cross section
of life in Berlin from dawn to midnight on a late
spring day. Uses montage, cutting, and editing to
capture the pulse and tempo of this city. VHS 2657
Das
Boot ist voll [videorecording] = The Boat is full
/ Limbo Film ; SRG, ZDF, ORF ; Film von Markus Imhoof.
Boat is full. New York : First Run/Quartet Release,
[1989]. 1 videocassette (104 min.) : sd., col. ;
1/2 in. Set in 1942 during World War II. The Swiss
government, alarmed at the vast numbers of people
fleeing Nazi Germany, has declared the country "a
full lifeboat" and set up stringent immigration
policies. When a Swiss inkeeper's wife finds a group
of refugees hiding on her property she takes them
in over her husband's objections. When the authorities
are alerted, she, her husband and the townspeople
must decide what to do. VHS 4511
Das
Boot [videorecording] = [The boat] / Bavaria Atelier
GMBH ; Radiant Film. Boat. Burbank, CA . 1988.
1 videocassette (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed
German U-boats, which were collectively known as
the "gray wolves." Prowling the North Atlantic,
these U-boats challenged the British Navy at every
turn. The crew of the U-96 is graphically portrayed
in a life-and-death struggle. Under attack, the
U-96 is forced to unheard of depths and claustrophobic
boredom gives way to terror as the hull threatens
to collapse. Delivers an accurate account of Germany's
elite U-boat crewmen and the tragic waste of war.
VHS 1919
Das
indische Grabmal [videorecording] / Rizzoli ; CCC
Filmkunst ; Criterion ; Regina ; Artur Brauner Produktion.
Indian tomb. [S. l. : Taurus Video] ; Indianapolis,
IN : German Language Video Center [distributor],
[c1995]. 1 videocassette (97 min.) : sd., col. ;
1/2 in. Romantic adventure set in mysterious India.
Story concerns a visiting architect who arrives
to build hospitals and housing in the lost kingdom
of Eshnapur ruled by rival brothers. He falls in
love with a dancing girl who is also loved by one
of the kingdom's rulers. Features lepers, man-eating
tigers, desert sandstorms, palace revolutions and
a stone goddess. VHS 5028
Das
Rheingold [videorecording] / Metropolitan Opera
Television production in association with La Sept
; Channel 4 ; ORF ; Deutsche Grammophon. Hamburg
. distributer, p1991, c1990. 1 videocassette
(163 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 program notes
booklet (19 p. ; 19 cm.). VHS 1671
Das
schreckliche Mädchen [videorecording] = The
Nasty girl / Sentana Filmproduktion ; Zweites Deutsches
Fernsehem (ZDF). New York . c1990. 1 videocassette
(94 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Sonja, a model student,
becomes a celebrity when she wins an essay contest.
She is invited to compete in another contest and
she chooses the topic "My hometown during the Third
Reich" -- which according to lore didn't collaborate
with the Nazis. However, the local archives produce
contradictory evidence and she is denied access
to local newspaper files. She quickly becomes the
object of scorn and threats from the townspeople
who have a surprising lot to conceal. VHS 1847
Das
Testament des Dr. Mabuse [videorecording] = The
Testament of Dr. Mabuse : ein Fritz Lang film /
Nero-Film A.G. Testament of Dr. Mabuse. [United
States] . 1994. 1 videocassette (120 min.) :
sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Director Lang uses the story
of a madman, confined to an asylum, who masterminds
a series of crimes, to expose the madness of Hitler.
The film was banned in Germany the year of its release
because of its attack on the fundamentals of the
Nazi Party. VHS 3849
Das
zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages [videorecording]
= The second awakening of Christina Klages / Cinéma
Esperança ; Bioskop-Film München [in
association with] WDR. Second awakening of Christina
Klages 2nd awakening of Christina Klages. [S.l.]
. c1997. 1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col.;
1/2 in. Christa (Engel) is a young mother who, distraught
that she cannot pay the rent on the children's day
care center she Helps operate, robs a bank with
the assistance of Werner (Muller-Westernhagen) and
another friend who is soon captured by the police.
Christa tries to persuade a priest to pretend the
money is a donation from the church to the day care
center but he will not cooperate. Meanwhile not
only are the police looking for them but a hostage
from the bank robbery is obsessed with finding Christa.
Then they are identified and go into hiding with
Ingrid (Rieze), a friend of Christa. Werner runs
from the police when he is caught trying to steal
a car and is killed. Christa flees to Portugal and
Ingrid joins her. They have a love affair and are
forced to return to Germany where Christa is arrested
by the police. VHS 5432
Der
Amerikanische Freund [videorecording] = The American
friend / Road Movies Filmproduktion ; Les Films
du Losange Paris, Westdeutscher Rundfunk ; Filmverlag
der Autoren ; Moli Films ; Wim Wenders Productions.
American friend. Carmel, Calif. : Pacific Arts
Video Records, [1984?]. 1 videocassette (127 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A psychological thriller set
in New York and Hamburg, Germany, that makes a statement
about American gangster films and the Americanization
of European cinema and lifestyles. Wender's film
tells of the encounter between an American con artist
and a German craftsman. Hamburg picture framer Jonathan
(Ganz) is an ordinary man who believes he is suffering
from a rare and fatal blood disease. His "American
friend" Ripley (Hopper) introduces him to a French
gangster (Blain) who offers him money to assassinate
a Mafia figure in Paris. DVD 1686, HOME USE COLLECTION VHS 199
Der
blaue engel [videorecording] = [The blue angel]
/ Ufaton-Film ; Erich Pommer Produktion. Blue angel.
New York . 1993. 1 videocassette (106 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. One of the early sound
masterpieces of German cinema. A middle-aged, tyrannical
professor named Rath (Jannings) is led to his destruction
through his infatuation with a heartless cafe singer
named Lola Lola (Dietrich). Rath marries Lola-Lola
(thereby losing his school position) and is increasingly
degraded by her until he is completely humiliated
as an abused stage clown. When Lola leaves him for
another man, he returns to his school a broken old
man and dies at his desk. This film made Dietrich
an overnight star. VHS 10
Der
Ewige Jude [videorecording] = The eternal jew :
ein dokümentarischer Film / der D.F.G. [Deutsche
Filmherstellungs und Vertriebs G.m.b.H.] ; directed
by Fritz Hippler. Eternal jew. Chicago, Ill.
1988. 1 videocassette (62 min.) : sd., b&w.
; 1/2 in. This anti-Semitic propaganda film, produced
in Nazi Germany in 1938, was designed to prejudice
contemporary German viewers against Jews. The film
uses archival footage and clips from newsreels and
other sources, including scenes from the Lód´z
ghetto in occupied Poland, to portray Jews as swindlers
and parasites. VHS 4019
Der
Kongress tanzt [videorecording] = The Congress dances
/ Universum Film A.G. (UFA). Congress dances.
[Philadelphia, PA : Movies Unlimited [distributor],
1999?]. 1 videocassette (97 min.) : sd., b&w
; 1/2 in. Comic operetta set during the 1815 Congress
in Vienna. Considered a fine example of the then
new medium of sound filmmaking, the production incorporates
beautiful art direction, editing, costuming, a droll
script, and finely directed performances. Christel
Weinzinger (Harvey) is an ambitious glove seamstress
who sees the potential for financial and romantic
opportunity the Congress provides and subsequently
creates havoc in her efforts to make contact with
nobility. She throws a bouquet of flowers with her
address into the parade of dignitaries entering
the city. When the Tsar of Russia visits her, they
fall in love. VHS 6011
Der
Menschen Forscher [videorecording] / Factory Entertainment
GmbH, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Süddeutscher Rundfunk.
Anthropologist. Berkeley, CA . c1992. 1 videocassette
(60 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in. This
is a provocative and powerful film interweaving
drama with documentary to profile famed Austrian
anthropologist Rudolf Pöch. A major figure
in the history of 20th-century European anthropology,
Pöch did field work in New Guinea and the Kalahari,
and during World War I, did research in POW camps
studying the physical attributes of Russian prisoners.
He used these studies to substantiate his theories
on racial purity and superiority later used by the
Nazis. The program poses a variety of questions
central to the very nature of anthropology, its
uses and misuses. VHS 3586
Der
Ring des Nibelungen [videorecording] / Metropolitan
Opera Television production in association with
La Sept ; Channel 4 ; ORF ; Deutsche Grammophon.
Hamburg . p1991, c1990. 7 videocassettes (941
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 4 program booklets.
VHS 1671-1674
Der
Rosenkavalier [videorecording] / Rank Organisation.
New York, N.Y. c1984. 2 videocassettes (190
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A tale of love and matchmaking
in the court of Maria Therese. Princess von Werdenberg
is involved with Octavian. When Octavian agrees
to deliver Baron Ochs' marriage proposal to Sophie,
the messenger and bride-to-be fall in love with
each other. VHS 171
Der
tiger von Eschnapur [videorecording] / Rizzoli ;
CCC Filmkunst ; Criterion ; Regina ; Artur Brauner
Produktion. Tiger of Eschnapur Tiger of Bengal.
[S.l. IN : German Language Video Center [distributor],
[c1995]. 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. Romantic adventure set in mysterious India.
Story concerns a visiting architect who arrives
to build hospitals and housing in the lost kingdom
of Eshnapur ruled by rival brothers. He falls in
love with a dancing girl who is also loved by one
of the kingdom's rulers. Features lepers, man-eating
tigers, desert sandstorms, palace revolutions and
a stone goddess. VHS 5029
Deutschland
bleiche Mutter [videorecording] = Germany, pale
mother / Helma Sanders Filmproduktion ; Literarisches
Colloquium Berlin ; Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Germany,
pale mother. Chicago, Ill. 1999. 1 videocassette
(123 min.) : sd, col. ; 1/2 in. Love story set during
and after the Nazi era. Explores the private lives
of a young bride and her Nazi soldier husband, and
her parents, bystanders who tolerated Hitler. While
not excusing the actions of its protagonists, it
uses them to show how easily the unthinkable can
happen. VHS 5754
Die
allseitig reduzierte Persönlichkeit, redupers
[videorecording] = The allround reduced personality
/ Basis ; Film Verlich. Allround reduced personality
All-around reduced personality All-round reduced
personality, outtakes. Chicago . 1998. 1 videocassette
(ca. 98 min.) : sd., b&w : 1/2 in. Title is
a spoof on a phrase, "the all-around realized Socialist
personality," heard often on East German radio.
Set in the divided city of Berlin, film explores
the life of Edda (Sander), a free-lance photojournalist
who is commissioned to photograph and present Berlin
from a women's lib perspective. While really wanting
to make socially significant pictures, she must
work at the more mundane jobs to support herself
and her daughter. Film looks at her struggles to
realize herself as an artist and as a woman straddling
multiple worlds - work, womanhood, motherhood, East,
West, capitalism and socialism. VHS 5435
Die
Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter [videorecording]
= The Goalie's anxiety at the penalty kick / Westdeutscher
Rundfunk (WDR) ; Filmverlag der Autoren ; Osterreichischer
Rundfunk (ORF). Goalie's anxiety at the penalty
kick Goalkeeper's fear of the penalty kick. Carmel,
Calif. 1987. 1 videocassette (101 min.) : sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. Josef Bloch, a suspended soccer player,
picks up a girl in Vienna strangles her, and escapes
to a small town where he passively waits, reading
newspaper accounts of the police dragnet that is
slowly closing in on him. VHS 2740
Die
Blechtrommel [videorecording] = The Tin drum / Bioskop-Film
Munchen ; Franz Seitz Filmproduktion ; GGB 14.KG
; Hallelujah Films ; Argos Films, Paris ; Artemis
Productions. New York, N.Y. c1996. 1 videocassette
(142 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Feature chronicles
Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times
of Oskar Matzerath, a most unusual boy. Equipped
with full intellect right from his birth he decides
at his third birthday not to grow up as he views
the insane world around him as the Nazis come to
power. Oskar has two weapons to see him through
the ordeal of modern history: his tin drum, which
he bangs to drown out horror and hypocrisy, and
his childish voice raised in a shriek piercing enough
to break glass. He uses both to protest against
the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood,
which symbolize all passive people in Nazi Germany
at that time. VHS 4682 and DVD 40
Die
Deutschen und ihre Männer [videorecording]
: Bericht aus Bonn / Helke Sander Filmproduktion
; Bremer Institute Film/Fernsehen ; ZDF. Germans
and their men. New York, NY . c1989. 1 videocassette
(96 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Quasi-documentary
that looks at German masculinity and national identity.
Elisabeth Miller ia a young woman who uses her annual
holiday to look for a husband in Bonn. She doesn't
find a husband but asks many questions of the men
she meets and receives interesting replies. VHS
2938
Die
Ehe der Maria Braun [videorecording] = The marriage
of Maria Braun / Albatros Film ; Fengler Films ;
Filmverlag der Autoren ; Tango Film ; Trio Film
; Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Marriage of Maria Braun.
Burbank, CA . 1986. 1 videocassette (120 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Fassbinder's allegorical story
of post-war Germany revolves around a young woman
as she strives for material wealth while ignoring
human values. VHS 264
Die
Kriemhilds Rache [videorecording] = Kriemhild's
revenge / Decla-Bioscop. Kriemhild's revenge Nibelungen
: Kriemhilds rache. Davenport, Iowa : Blackhawk
Films, [1988]. 1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd.,
b&w ; 1/2 in. The conclusion of a two-part version
of the Nibelungenlied. Kriemhilde avenges the murder
of Siegfried by marrying Attila the Hun and causing
mass slaughter. VHS 3962
Die
Manns [videorecording] : verfall einer Familie /
von Ulrich Schwarz ; Produktion NDR. Manns, verfall
einer Familie Thomas Mann. Princeton, N.J.
c1998. 1 videocassette (45 min.) : sd., col. and
b&w ; 1/2 in. Documentary examines the life
and work of German literary icon Thomas Mann. Begins
with Mann's nomination for the 1949 Goethe Prize.
His symbolic representation of Germany in exile
after the war, and his status as a representative
of the liberal, humanist tradition, are juxtaposed
against Mann's private life. From the suicide of
his eldest son, to his own homosexuality, the program
explores the dual identity of Mann as representative
of post-war Germany and also as private citizen.
VHS 5569
Die
Walküre [videorecording] / Metropolitan Opera
Television production in association with La Sept
; Channel 4 ; ORF ; Deutsche Grammophon. Hamburg
. p1991, c1990. 2 videocassettes (244 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 program notes booklet
(19 p. ; 19 cm.). VHS 1672
Dr.
Mabuse, der spieler [videorecording] = Dr. Mabuse,
the gambler / UCO-Film der Decla-Bioscop. Doktor
Mabuse Dr. Mabuse, the gambler Doctor Mabuse.
[S.l.] : Sunland Video, [1998] Great German films.
Expressionist era. 2 videocassettes (ca. 300 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Dr. Mabuse, the mastermind
of crime, uses hypnosis to subvert his opponents
and control his victims. His thirst for power and
wealth reflect the decadence of post World War I
German society. Master of many disguises, Mabuse
uses his evil powers to enmesh his victims to further
his scheme to be the lord of the underworld. His
adversary, Police Commissioner von Wenk is the only
man who can stop him. Filmmaker Lang's high-contrast
expressionist graphics, overly-bright streetlights
and bit-characters with significant mannerisms provide
social commentary that raise this film above the
limitations of the genre. VHS 5250, HOME USE COLLECTION VHS 5250
Drachenfutter
[videorecording] = Dragon chow / Novoskop Film ;
Probst Film. Dragon chow. New York, N.Y. c1988.
1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
An Asian political refugee arrives in Hamburg and
finds himself in a land of welfare hotels and con
men. He joins forces with a friend in an attempt
to open a restaurant and storm the citadel of Western
capitalism. VHS 3876
Ein
Deutsches Requiem [videorecording] = a German requiem
/ Brahms. German requiem. New York . p1993.
1 videodisc (77:24) : sd., col. ; 12 in. + program
notes (4 p. ; 30 x 30 cm.) inserted in jacket. VDD
91
Eine
kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 ; Serenade No. 10, K.361
"Gran Partita" ; Serenade No. 12, K.388 [videorecording]
/ [music] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; a co- production
of BMG Classics and the Bavarian Radio. New York
. c1993. 1 laserdisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ;
12 in. VDD 229
The
essential history of Germany [videorecording] /
a presentation of Films for the Humanities &
Sciences ; BBC Production in association with France
3, LUnité Continentales, Radio Telefis Eireann,
and TV2 Denmark. Germany Europe : A modern profile
: Germany. Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities,
c1997. Europe: a modern profile. 1 videocassette
(30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. This program looks
beyond the image of a nation of prosperous, ebullient
people, and finds a modern Germany plagued by the
specter of its violent past, and fearful of its
future. Topics discussed include the collapse of
socialism in the East, the pressures of reunification,
ongoing racism, guilt over the Holocaust, and regional
and political divisions. A psychologist discusses
the German virtues of obedience, discipline, order,
perfection, and dedication as having had both positive
and negative effects on the culture. The suggestion
is made that current economic prosperity may be
masking feelings of alienation among the German
population. VHS 5567
Europa,
Europa [videorecording] / Films du Losange, CCC-Filmkunst
Gmbh, Perspektywa Film Unit. Hitlerjunge Salomon.
New York . 1992. 1 videocassette (115 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. The true story of a Jewish
teenager who survived World War II by living as
a Nazi for 7 years and through 3 countries. VHS
2030
Fitzcarraldo
[videorecording] / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
; Zweites Deutschen Fernsehen ; Pro-ject Filmproduktion
; New World Pictures release. Burbank, Calif.
1983. 1 videocassette (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in. Deep in the Amazon, a man obsessed with smoldering
ambition struggles to make his fortune. His method
lies in reaching an inaccessible forest of 14 million
rubber tires. His madness burns in his goal: to
build his own personal opera house in the jungle.
VHS 514
Götterdämmerung
[videorecording] / Metropolitan Opera Television
production in association with La Sept ; Channel
4 ; ORF ; Deutsche Grammophon. Hamburg : Deutsche
Grammophon ; New York, N.Y. : [distributor] PolyGram
Records, p1991, c1990. 2 videocassettes (281 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 program notes booklet
(19 p. ; 19 cm.). VHS 1674
Germany,
awake! [videorecording] / an Erwin Leiser Production.
Irwindale, CA : Barr Entertainment, [199-?]. 1 videocassette
(90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. A documentary
on the World War II German motion picture and its
use as a propaganda tool. Clips from more than 20
films made between 1933 and 1945 are included. Also
includes some newsreel footage. VHS 5368
Hamlet
[videorecording] : ein rachedrama / Art Film Productions.
[United States] : Sunland Video [distributor], [199-?]
International film classic. 1 videocassette (135
min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. This Hamlet remains
one of the least known partly because the title
role is played by a woman and the plot also borrows
from Danish legends and a German play. For reasons
of state the heiress to the throne has been brought
up as a boy, and she has conceived a hopeless passion
for Horatio. Dying she gets the longed-for kiss
from him, as his wandering hand encounters a breast.
"Death reveals thy tragic secret!" VHS 5764
Heimat
[videorecording] / a chronicle by Edgar Reitz ;
[presented by] WGBH Boston ; Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion
mbH, Munich ; in coproduktion mit dem SFB und dem
WDR. Heimat, a chronicle of Germany. Chicago, IL
. 1996. 9 videocassettes (924 min.) : sd., col.
and b&w ; 1/2 in. A massive chronicle of life
in Germany, from 1919 to 1982, as reflected in the
fluctuating fortunes of the members of one family,
initially peasant-farmers, in the fictitious village
of Schachbach in the Rhineland. Heimat is an extraordinary
succession of mostly ordinary events and characters--history
seen from ground level--vividly acted by a huge
cast of both professional and nonprofessional actors.
VHS 3717
Herz
aus Glas [videorecording] = Heart of glass / Werner
Herzog Filmproduktion ; a New Yorker Films release.
Heart of glass. New York, N.Y. : New Yorker
Video, 1992. The Herzog collection. 1 videocassette
(92 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Set in the pre-industrial
past, film tells the story of a German village that
loses the secret of making its unique Ruby glass.
The townspeople turn to madness, murder, and magic
in a desperate effort to recover the pure ingredient
they have lost. During the filming, Herzog hypnotized
his actors in order to Help convey the atmosphere
of hallucination, prophecy and the visionary. VHS
4314
Ich
bin meine eigene Frau [videorecording] : die Lebensgeschichte
der Charlotte von Mahlsdorf = I am my own woman
: the life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf. Ich
bin meine eigene Frau, die Lebensgeschichte der
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf Lebensgeschichte der Charlotte
von Mahlsdorf I am my own woman, the life story
of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf Life story of Charlotte
von Mahlsdorf I am my own woman. New York, N.Y.
c1993. 1 videocassette (91 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. East German Lothar Berfelde, a.k.a. Charlotte
Mahlsdorf, is a transvestite and proud of it. In
this film, "Charlotte" serves as a guide through
his own life story, as he coaches young actors through
the dramatized sequences of this documentary. Illustrates
the persecution homosexuals endured during the Nazi
and post WWII eras. VHS 3354
Im
Lauf der Zeit [videorecording] = Kings of the road
/ Wim Wenders Produktion ; Westdetuscher Rundfunk
(WDR). Kings of the road Kings of the road = In
the course of time In the course of time. [S.l.]
. c1987. 2 videocassettes (176 min.) : sd.,
b&w ; 1/2 in. Wenders looks at the fall of Civilization
as he depicts the experiences of two young men in
modern Germany. Bruno (Vogler) repairs cinema equipment;
Robert (Zischler) has lost faith in Civilization
and is suicidal. They meet at a traffic acident
and together set off on a rambling trip across Germany,
listening to rock 'n roll, visiting closed movie
theatres, meeting strangers and learning what it
means to be living in today's Germany. VHS 515
Jeder
für sich Gott gegen alle [videorecording] =
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser / Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
; ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) ; Cine International.
Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Every man for himself and
god against all Mystery of Kaspar Hauser. Burbank,
Calif. 1986. 1 videocassette (110 min.) : sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. Film based on the true story of a
young man who appeared in a small German town in
1829 after having lived in total isoalation from
humans since birth. He is taught to speak read,
and write by townspeople, but is then mysteriously
murdered. VHS 2737
Jud
Süss [videorecording] / Terra Filmkunft. Jud
Suess Jew Süss Indoctrination of racial hatred.
Burbank, Calif. c1996. 1 videocassette (ca.
95 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Based on the character
of Josef Süss Oppenheimer who was tax advisor
to Karl Alexander during the early 1700's and was
publicly executed in Stuttgart for manipulation
of state funds, film was made at the behest of Nazi
propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. In this version
a power seeking Jewish man victimizes innocent Aryans.
VHS 5699
Kameradschaft
[videorecording] = (Comradeship) / Nero Film AG.
Comradeship. [Philadelphia, PA : Movies Unlimited
[distributor], 1999?]. 1 videocassette (90 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. A recreation of human comradeship
based upon an actual incident in which German miners
cross the border to assist French miners trapped
by an explosion. Noted for experimental use of sound
and creative editing. VHS 6010
Kolberg
[videorecording] / Universum Film A.G. (UFA). Chicago,
IL . c1985. 1 videocassette (118 min.) : sd.,
col. ; 1/2 in. Three years in the making, film is
one of the Third Reich's most ambitious spectaculars
as it re-creates the true story of a Prussian town's
rebellion against Napoleon's army of the occupation.
Laced with National Socialist ideology, the film
is a mirror of Nazi Germany's own war for survival
during the final years of World War II. In its characterizations
of Kolberg's besieged citizenry, the epic allegorically
reflects the spirit of fanatical resolve to fight
on that Nazi propaganda was attempting to instill
in the German populace. VHS 6068
Lebenszeichen
[videorecording] = Signs of life / Werner Herzog
Film production. Signs of life. New York : New
Yorker Video, c1995. The Herzog collection. 1 videocassette
(90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. An injured German
soldier is sent to recuperate at a remote Greek
island during the Second World War. The islands
beauty tempts him with the promise of peace, but
ultimately he can't accept the potential of this
enchanting place. VHS 3617
Lola
rennt [videorecording] / Sony Pictures Classics
[distributor] ; X Filme Creative Pool ; Arté
; Bavaria Film ; German Independents ; Westdeutscher
Rundfunk (WDR). Culver City, Calif. : Columbia
TriStar Home Video, c1999. Sony Pictures classics.
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. A
post-MTV, roller-coaster ride about two star-crossed
lovers who have only minutes to change the course
of their lives. Time is running out: Lola has just
received a frantic call from her boyfriend Manni,
who's accidentally lost a small fortune he was to
deliver to his mobster boss. If they cannot find
a way to replace the money within twenty minutes,
Manni will surely suffer severe consequences. Tykwer,
Tom, 1965- Potente, Franka, 1974- Bleibtreu, Moritz,
1971- Knaup, Herbert, 1956- Sony Pictures Classics
(Firm) X Filme Creative Pool. Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm). DVD 92
M
[videorecording] / Nero Film. Chicago, Ill.
: Home Vision Cinema, [1997]. 1 videocassette (111
min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Classic early crime
melodrama set in 1930s Berlin. Han Beckert (Lorre)
is a serial killer who preys on children. The number
of these unsolved murders so disrupts the city that
organized crime joins the police in a search for
the killer. Film examines police methods also the
character of the murderer as well. HOME USE COLLECTION VHS 5016, VHS 5016,
DVD 56
Maedchen
in uniform [videorecording] = Mädchen in uniform
/ Deutsche Film-Gemeinschaft. Mädchen in uniform.
[New York] . [199-?], c1978. 1 videocassette
(90 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Living in the
prison-like confines of a Prussian boarding school
for the daughters of army officers, a young girl
finds herself choked by the institution's strict
regimentation and rigid discipline. Under the unbending
rule of a matriarchal staff, she falls in love with
the school's only caring teacher. When the principal
finds out about the affair, she is isolated from
the rest of the students and is driven from her
unhappiness to attempt suicide. VHS 4223
The
Magic flute [videorecording] = Zauberflöte
/ Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Zauberflöte.
New York, N.Y. c1985. 2 videocassettes (164
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Prince Tamino must overcome
the evil power of the Queen of the Night before
the ruler of the Kingdom of Light will award him
the hand of the beautiful Pamina. VHS 779
Mein
Krieg [videorecording] = My private war / Kanguruh
Film. My private war. [S.l.] . 1991. 1 videocassette
(90 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 1/2 in. Film
describes the incredible journey of six German soldiers
who took their amateur movie-cameras to the Russian
Front and who survived to tell their personal accounts
of what went on during that campaign. VHS 2460
Mutter
Krausens Fahrt ins Glück [videorecording] /
Prometheus Film. Mother Krausen's Journey into Happiness
Fahrt ins Gl¨ck Journey into happiness. Burbank,
CA . 1996, c1929. 1 videocassette (105 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Mother Krause (Schmitt)
lives in a dark Berlin tenement with her daughter
Erna (Trautschold), her jobless son Paul (Zimmermann).
Also in the house is a roomer, his girlfriend and
child. Erna dates Max who is a communist. Paul takes
the money he has collected from subscribers to the
newspaper his mother delivers and squanders it in
a pub. Mother Krause begs unsuccessfully to replace
the money. Max leaves Erna after the roomer claims
to have slept with her. Paul and the roomer commit
a burglary but the roomer is caught. Paul confesses
to his mother before he too is arrested. Mother
Krause turns on the gas tap in the kitchen and kills
herself and the roomer's child. Erna and Max reunite
and discover the bodies. VHS 6025
My
best fiend [videorecording] / a film by Werner Herzog
; a co-production of Werner Herzog Filmproduktion,
Café Productions, Zephir Film. Troy, MI .
1999. 1 videcassette (100 min.) : sd, col. ; 1/2
in. Documentary about the stormy relationship between
frequent artistic partners, director Werner Herzog
and actor Klaus Kinski. With many excerpts from
the films in which they collaborated, this personal
documentary traces the ups and downs of their often
violent relationship. Perhaps they were both a little
mad, but together they created some of the most
magical and astonishing films ever seen. VHS. Herzog,
Werner, 1942- Kinski, Klaus. Stipeti´c, Lucki. Cardinale,
Claudia, 1939- Mattes, Eva, 1955- Presser, Beat.
Rios, Guillermo. Vicente, Andres. Gonzalez, Justo.
Werner Herzog Filmproduktion. Café Productions
Ltd. Zephir Film. Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.
SV11274 Anchor Bay Entertainment. No call number
available
Schwarzfahrer
[videorecording] = Fare dodger / Trans-film. Black
rider Fare dodger. Berlin . 1993. 1 videocassette
(12 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. A woman on a
bus verbally abuses a man of color. He finds the
perfect way to exact revenge. VHS 4175
Siegfried
[videorecording] / Metropolitan Opera Television
production in association with La Sept ; Channel
4 ; ORF ; Deutsche Grammophon. Hamburg : Deutsche
Grammophon ; New York, N.Y. : [distributor] PolyGram
Records, p1991, c1990. 2 videocassettes (253 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 program notes booklet
(19 p. ; 19 cm.). VHS 1673
The
speeches of Adolf Hitler [videorecording]. Adolf
Hitler. [Oak Park, IL] . c1990. 1 videocassette
(50 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Anthology of
speeches delivered by Adolf Hitler. Shows the propaganda
oratory techniques that Helped Hitler hold a hypnotic
grip over the German masses. VHS 1212
Stalingrad
[videorecording] / [presented by] Hanno Huth, Günter
Rohrbach and B.A. Productions ; a Bavaria-B.A.-Perathon
production ; Royal Film Produktion. New York .
c1996. 1 videocassette (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col.
; 1/2 in. This film features the bloodiest battle
in the history of warfare - the legendary battle
of Stalingrad - where over 2 million men lost their
lives. Stalingrad was the turning point in the war
for the Germans. They never recovered from this
devastating defeat. Stalingrad's emphasis is not
simply on the battle but on certain young men who
fought in that war - their hopes, their fears, their
stories. VHS 4649
Stroszek
[videorecording] / Werner Herzog Film production
; ZDF. New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, 1990.
The Herzog collection. 1 videocassette (108 min.)
: sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Bruno Stroszek, an ex-mental
patient, can't keep from getting into trouble. Just
released from his latest stay in jail, he takes
up with Eva, a streetwalker, and Schertz, an eccentric
old man. They decide to leave the slums of Berlin
and emigrate to Railroad Flats, Wisconsin, to find
the "promised land." Life is not better in a god-forsaken
truckstop with mobile homes and T.V. football. VHS
4648
Tin
drum [videorecording] = Die Blechtrommel / Bioskop-Film
Munchen ; Franz Seitz Filmproduktion ; GGB 14.KG
; Hallelujah Films ; Argos Films, Paris ; Artemis
Productions. Blechtrommel. New York . 1985.
1 videocassette (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Feature chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and
the life and times of Oskar Matzerath, a most unusual
boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his
birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow
up as he views the insane world around him as the
Nazis come to power. Oskar has two weapons to see
him through the ordeal of modern history: his tin
drum, which he bangs to drown out horror and hypocrisy,
and his childish voice raised in a shriek piercing
enough to break glass. He uses both to protest against
the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood,
which symbolize all passive people in Nazi Germany
at that time. VHS 865
Triumph
des Willens [videorecording] = The triumph of the
will / Leni Riefenstahl. Triumph of the will.
Sandy Hook, Conn. : Video Yesteryear, [198-?]. 1
videocassette (110 min.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
A film commissioned by Adolph Hitler as an official
record of the Nuremberg Nazi Party rally of 1934
that was designed both to introduce the new German
leaders to the nation and impress foreign audiences.
Considered a classic in movie making, editing techniques,
and in motivational propaganda, this film shows
troops of Hitler youth at play, ranks of laborers,
parades of storm troopers, close-ups of Hitler,
and an exaltation of Nazi unity in Germany. It also
features policy speeches by Goebbels, Goering, Streicher,
Himmler, and Hess. VHS 19
Vampyr
[videorecording] / Tobis Filmkunst. Vampire. Sandy
Hook, CT . 1983. 1 videocassette (66 min.) :
sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. A subtle, disturbing version
of the vampire legend. A young man attempts to find
and kill a vampire that has assumed the form of
an old woman. VHS 3802
Variations
V [videorecording] / Studio Hamburg Norddeutscher
Rundfunk. Variations five Variations 5. New
York, NY : Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, [199-?].
1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Multimedia production incorporates modern dance,
electronic music and film. VHS 4554
A
Virus knows no morals [videorecording] = [Ein virus
kennt keine moral]. Virus kennt keine moral.
New York : First Run Features, [198-]. 1 videocassette
(84 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. A black comedy on
the AIDS virus that covers just about every aspect
of AIDS and its effects, as well as the rumors surrounding
it. VHS 4243
The
Wannsee Conference [videorecording] / a co-production
of Infafilm GMBH Munich, Austrian Television (O.R.F.)
and Bavarian Broadcasting Corp. Wannseekonferenz.
[Chicago, Ill.] . 1986. 1 videocassette (87
min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Dramatic recreation
of the infamous meeting convened by SS General Reinhard
Heydrich. Held in a Berlin suburb in January 1942,
members of the SS, the Nazi Party, and the government
bureaucracy discussed the ways and means of systematically
exterminating European Jews. Based on minutes taken
at the actual meeting. VHS 413
Wings
of desire [videorecording] = [Der Himmel über
Berlin] / Road Movies Filmproduktion ; Argos Films.
Himmel über Berlin. New York . c1989,1987.
1 videocassette (130 min.) : sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in. Romantic fantasy about an angel
who wishes he were mortal. Set in modern-day Berlin,
the film is not only a love story, but also serves
as a reminder of just how good it feels to live.
VHS 2912
Winter
adé [videorecording] / Helke Misselwitz.
New York, NY . 1990. 1 videocassette (115 min.)
: sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. Traveling through the German
Democratic Republic, the director records the stories
of women at all ages and walks of life. VHS 838
The
Wonderful horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl [videorecording]
/ a Ray Müller film ; a co-production of Omega
Films and Nomad Films. New York, N.Y. 1993.
2 videocassettes (181 min.) : sd., col. with b&w
sequences ; 1/2 in. Interviews with Leni Riefenstahl,
now in her nineties, flash-backs and modern film
sequences tell the story of the most famous woman
film director of all time. Known for her films made
during the Third Reich, Riefenstahl's story is a
controversial one. Best known for "Triumph of the
Will," the film made of the 1934 Nazi Party Congress,
it proved to be her undoing. VHS 3019
Woyzeck
[videorecording] / Werner Herzog Filmproduktions.
Inc. Werner Herzog's Woyzeck. New York, N.Y.
1990. 1 videocassette (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2
in. Overworked to exhaustion by an officer, used
for experiments by a sinister doctor, and scorned
by the prostitute he lives with, Woyzeck becomes
as lethal as the razor with which he carries out
his chilling destiny. VHS 4248
Young
Dr. Freud [videorecording] / Austrian Television
and the Second German Network. Junge Freud Young
Doctor Freud. New York, NY : IFEX Films, [1977].
1 videocassette (ca. 99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2
in. Dramatization exploring the personal and environmental
influences on Freud as a young man which led to
the development of his psychoanalytical theories.
Discusses his childhood, youth, school and medical
school years and dramatizes his associations with
Breuer, Bruke, Meynert and Charcot plus his seminal
findings which led to the development of psychoanalysis.
VHS 3559
Zuckerbaby
[videorecording] = Sugarbaby / Kino International
Corp. ; Bayerischer Rundfunk ; Pelemele Film. Sugarbaby
Sugar baby. Irvine, Calif. 1985. 1 videocassette
(86 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Marianne, a late
night TV and snack food junkie, spends her days
at a dead end job at a mortuary in Munich until
she falls in love with a polite subway conductor
and begins to devote all her time and energy to
a quest to satisfy her passionate desires for him.
VHS 278
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